Lock-out for voting-machines.



A. J. GILLESPIE. LOGK OUT FOR VOTING MAGHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5, 1908.

Patented Sept. 7, 1909.

M A A #1 Q A- I for locking suc 25 v one of the Yes an on 13o votingdevic 45surface of the Garried in this UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED :r. anti-ism, or a'rnanmo,

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.Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements. in Lock-Outsfor Voting-Machines, of whichthe following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improve- 0 xnents in voting machinesparticularly of that type shown in the Patent No. 820,802,

issued to J Lausterer;

The improvement forming the subject matter 'of this 1 applicationhas@for its obj eat art-icularly to eyslin several combinations which canbe ock or release the question varied at will in the said machine.

In the .ac'com anying drawings- Figure 1 shows a-"rear e evation. ofgaluralit of Yes and N o 'keyson a voting mac inc.

rspective view of the slide keys. view-of one of the blocks .ing deviceis set. Fig.

vFig. 2 shows a by which the lock- 4 is a detail view of vNo keys. H

Similar referencenumerals' in the several figures'indicatesimilarfparts.

l- 'ndicates the front plate of the machine hich is pivoted the Yes andNo) the patent above referredto, and Fig. 18 of the patent to Gillespie647,657. .Immediately above the Yes and w No devices are placed the,resetting and. locking bars 3,23, each of these bars being resetfthreeof the Yes and lo enou h to de ices. These Yes and No devices aresubstantially the same as those shown in the previous tension 4. Thisextension normally rests in the slot 5 cut in the channel bar 6'an'd inthe normal reset bottom of the slot or even-with the under ulpper platein channel 36' annel is afslide 7'. This slide is formed of a piece ofsheet metal bent to U shape (and rounded surface of :it is milled out soas to form recesses 8, 8. -T shaped-lugs 9 are set into these recesses.Between consecutive ,,.es and No keys two of these recesses .Larecut/into the slide and one or both of these Specification of mam Patent.a imamma liune 5, 190a. 5 Serial m. 42am.

Fig. 3-is a detail patents referred to exceptthat in this 4'0 each keyis provided with a lou'rerfex-v position lies flush with the at suitableintervals-the.

Patented purpose of placing the lugs 9 in the slides 7 slide is removedfrom .lugs are placed therein as they'may be needed and the slide putback into the ma chine. As it normally rests in the machine these lu s9lie close to the under side of the upper p ate of the channel 6 and whenthe bar 7 is set so that one of these lugs 9 is below the opening 5 itractically closes said opening so that-the es and No j key with .itsextension 4' projecting into said opening is locked against rotation.shown in Fi 1 the bar 7 is moved by the handle 10 w ich projects fromthe side of the machine casing and which handle has three notches cuttherein indicating that said handle can be h positions e a n eac notchwith the easing Of'hllG YIiilhl IlB. In the first of these positions allof the Yes and N o keys ..will be left unlocked, and in the second orthird positions the Yes and No will be. locked or released according bar7 has been set with the lugs 9 inserted therein or omitted therefrom. Inthis way the Yes and No keys can be locked in a variety of combinationsand the lock is apv lied toeachskey rather than to a group of es 2, 2,similar to those shown in;

of voting keys having angular movement, of alockout bar for controllingthe movement of-s'aid keys, a lug removably mounted on said bar toengagegwith one-o and hold it in unvotd position,

key, said ,bar being moi' able to a sition', to

move said bar to its locking'position. v 2. The combination in ia votingmachine of metal and recessed at suitable intervals on its rounded side,and Tshaped lugs to may filled bythe lugs 9.. For-the remoyahly engagewith said barin said y H IOWA, nssrcmon To me u. s. smivnaan vormc mommconaim'j'onaocmssrm aim JAMESI'OW'N, NEW YOLRK, a coaronas c-t, 19 09.-

according ,to the needs of the election the v the machine and the,

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placed in either-one of. three keys as the said keys said lugbeing-normally out of engagement. with its engage said ,u'g'iwith itskeyan' 'means toy of a lockout bar formed of a1! shaped piece a 3. Thecombination in a voting machine of voting keys having an angularmovement, of a lockout bar movable to several positions for releasingsaid keys for movement or locking them against movement, lugs removablymounted on said bar to engage with said keys and hold them in unvotedposition when said bar is placed in locking position.

4. In a voting machine, the combination of a row ofpivoted voting keyshaving an oscillating movement, a sliding bar mounted to move paralleltherewith, lugs removably mounted on said bar, said bar being movable tobring said lugs in contact with said keys to hold said keys againstmovement.

5. In a voting machine, a pivoted key having an angular movement, a barmounted to slide adjacent to said key but with an interval therebetween,a lug removably mounted on said bar and adapted to move with the bar toa position opposite said key, in which position said lug fills theinterval between the bar and the keys, and thereby prevents the angularmovement of the key.

In testimony whereof I afiix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED J. GILLESPIE. Witnesses:

J. N. LAURENSON, D. S. ELDRIDGE.

